JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
A group of Mississippians marched through the streets of downtown Jackson Friday morning and ended up at the capitol to draw attention to civil rights struggles which are still happening today.
It's part of the annual march and rally for civil rights martyrs who became iconic figures during the movement and were killed. Activists say many of those murders continue to have no justice and they want a full examination of the cases.
Names of those killed were displayed by a new generation of folks who say they'll continue the fight.
"It can be done. The other part of the message is that it needs to be done. We continue to have great inequities in our systems of justice, of education, of housing," said social activist Ralph Fertig.
The march and rally are part of a weekend long event bringing awareness to what activists say are existing problems in the state.
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